Tomorrow is April 18th, Tax Day, 2022. It’s also the anniversary of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire. I’m trying to figure out a clever connection there, but like any of the tax returns I’m supposed to finish by April 18th, I’m still working on it. Anyway, in honor of the occasion, here are some updates I’ve posted in the past of vintage pictures from the disaster.(Thumbnail images)
Looking down Market Street, near 5th: The Flood Building, center left, is among several buildings in the vintage picture that survived.
Looking across Union Square toward Union Square:
The foot of Market Street where the Hyatt Regency, on the right, is today:
Kearny Street, up from Broadway, looking south:
This photograph by Arnold Genthe, looking down Sacramento Street from Powell, is often listed as one of the ten best photographs ever taken.
The fire approaching the Ferry Building, in a view from the Bay: The width of the Embarcadero prevented the fire from destroying the historic building.
Looking east on Market Street: The gothic looking Mutual Savings Building in the center, and the now remodeled Call Building on the right are still around.
The Ferry Building from where the Embarcadero Center is today:
The Children’s Playground in Golden Gate Park:
Looking northeast from Alamo Square, long before ‘Full House’:
A southeast view of Downtown San Francisco from below Nob Hill:
San Francisco Film Locations Then & Now 
Canary Island date palms in Union Square were just babies back then. That was about the time that they started to become trendy. That classic picture at Alamo Square still seems silly to me. The earthquake happened very early in the morning, before people were dressed to go out for the day. Nonetheless, everyone is so well dressed, as if for an important occasion.